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  1. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I put a “gasp!!” reaction because this could be true. I’ll need to keep an eye out if I ever hatch in the flock setting again.
  2. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Under certain conditions: e.g. operating a motor vehicle or attempting to purchase restricted items, such as alcoholic beverages
  3. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Tea! That’s what I’ve forgotten for today. Non-recent guineafowl tax
  4. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Shad was prescient when he named her Mow: short for Mow-hawk :p
  5. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    “In order that the starch should be in an appetizing form, it was eaten as a constituent of a frozen pudding. This was palatable and the subjects were able to eat it in fairly large quantities.” If the only nutrient to break down is starch, and if humans always eat the crops in the form of...
  6. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Yep, 4C here and I can attest to that :p
  7. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Or anywhere with a stream that the birds can use for drinking: there may be any number of aquatic species that could be ingested. E.g. June 2023 .
  8. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    And guineas! :love Very glad you made it out there.
  9. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    This was a timely story to read today, in regard to “the dignity of chickens”: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/karen-davis-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-Ew.VV_q.6IqycL-RC54N&smid=url-share
  10. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Modernizing Solo’s name changes his whole persona for me! :p
  11. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    These are very interesting thoughts, correlating with my observations of my own guinea hatches this year. I would need to spend more time analyzing the factors leading to eventual outcomes, but it is true that my three oldest surviving keets are almost decidedly male, and the vast majority of...
  12. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Love BBC: news sources in the U.S. wouldn’t write things such as “no harmful rubbish” :old
  13. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    The chicks are still kid-size compared to Henry, but they’re getting so big!! :love
  14. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Tax! Also, I discovered a clever guinea nest this week; most likely begun in July or August when I was interfering with the broody hens’ nest inside the barn in order to enhance offspring survival rates. (The eggs are there, I promise!) 30+ eggs; I lost count at 18 when some became...
  15. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Overdue tax: This is my cockerel “Junior” (hatched in June, of course:cool:) who is definitely a mini of his dad, who was taken by a fox +/- other predators in early September (was it really just a few weeks ago?!). I noticed yesterday severe pallor in his wattles, which had become a robust...
  16. tranquiliti

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    His muscle mass, though! Very dense tissue. I vote for ⚖️ (there’s an icon for an abacus, but no scale?)
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